Friday, May 2, 2014

Love Links

I began working on this quilt in March. I used the Quick Curve Ruler, and the instructions that came with it for a table runner, to make this scrappy-and-Kona-Snow quilt. 

Tomorrow, as a wedding gift, "Love Links" is being given to my nephew and his bride. It's 62" X 73", so perhaps a nice size for snuggling on the sofa.

All the free motion quilting was done by me, freehand, on my Pfaff Grand Quilter.

Each set of Kona Snow "links" is a different quilting design, using a pale yellow 50-weight Aurifil thread.



Batting is Quilter's Dream Polyester - so easy to work with and quilt. The softness and slight loft give just the feel I was hoping for.

In one column, where there's plain Kona, I quilted the same curve design, and then filled in with wedding information: Evan and Chelsey, and their wedding date and location. These were quilted with YLI polyester variegated.





The backing is Ikea's Britten Nummer, and binding is Prince Charming. 

I'm just terribly pleased with how this turned out. Of course, I'm hoping the happy couple is pleased with it too!
Linda

31 comments:

  1. What a fabulous quilt with awesome quilting!

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  2. Beautiful quilt with fabulous quilting!

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  3. Oh, Linda, it came out beautifully!! Your nephew and his bride are going to be so pleased. Your blog is looking great! You've done a lot of work on it and it shows! Have a great weekend!

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  4. It's wonderful and I'm sure your nephew and niece to be will love it. The quilting is beautiful and so intricate which really adds to the beauty of the fabric. Fantastic work as always.

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  5. Agree with everyone's comments. Beautiful and your quilting is beautiful too!

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  6. That is beautiful and your nephew and bride will love it. Your quilting is really beautiful. I love all the different designs you used.

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  7. I'm sure your beautiful quilt will be used and loved for many happy years Linda! Congratulations on a great finish!

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  8. Special, unique- this will be a treasured gift I'm sure!

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  9. Just beautiful Linda, I'm sure the young couple will love it!!

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  10. Just fantabulous! Really nice work.

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  11. It's beautiful! I loved how you quilted it differently in all the sections, vey nice!

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  12. A wonderful gift!!! Just gorgeous!

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  13. Absolutely delicious! Fabulous texture in the quilting. I like the pattern that sort of looks like safety pins : )

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  14. Excellent quilt! I bet they'll LOVE it!

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  15. oh this is lovely! I have that ruler but am kind of scared of it! ;-/ Have yet to use it. But your quilt - jut beautiful and your quilting absolutely makes it. Love that you added the personal info - that is so special!!

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  16. Great job as always. They will love it. When did you re-do your header, it looks really good,

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  17. That is really beautiful! Ii might just have to look for that pattern:)

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  18. Ah, LInda. This makes my heart skip a jump--I love it. I love not only the colors and the design, but also the quilting, esp. with the lovebirds' names on there. Such a lovely and wonderful gift not only from your hands, but from your heart, too!

    Elizabeth

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  19. I love this pattern! I have been wanting to make something using the curve ruler, and this makes me want to get started! Hi, I am Sandi, and I will be a fellow blogger for the American Made Brand fabrics blog tour. Please stop by my blog, and follow if you like! RenaissanceSandi.blogspot.com

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  20. What a lovely special wedding gift. It's beautiful and I love how you incorporated the wedding information. So very special. Beautiful quilting as usual too. Well done Linda.

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  21. I enjoyed seeing the close-ups of your awesome quilting, Linda. It's a lovely quilt....they are going to love it forever!

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  22. You should be terribly pleased with how it turned out Linda, as its just lovely!
    Very lucky young couple - hope they do lots of cuddling under it. :-)

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  23. Oh my goodness--this is SOOOO gorgeous!

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  24. Simply beautiful Linda. It looks so complicated - curves still intimidate me. :) The quilting is amazing. I love that you used several different patterns! blessings, marlene

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  25. What an amazing gift! Love how you worked their names in as well. This is surely going to be one of their greatest treasures!

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  26. I really love it! Curves and me have never really gotten along but I may just have to put on my big girl panties and try it again so that I can create something like this.

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  27. What great FMQ! What a lucky couple to be receiving this quilt!

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  28. Once again, I love this quilt! Thanks for sharing it on our Linky Party!

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